1962 Labour Party deputy leadership election

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The 1962 Labour Party deputy leadership election took place on 8 November 1962, after sitting deputy leader George Brown was challenged by Harold Wilson.

Candidates

George Brown, incumbent Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, Member of Parliament for Belper
Harold Wilson, Shadow Foreign Secretary, Member of Parliament for Huyton

Results

Only ballot: 8 November 1962
Candidate		Votes	%
	George Brown	133	56.4
	Harold Wilson	103	43.6
George Brown re-elected

References

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~tquinn/labour_party_deputy.htm Archived 17 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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1962 Labour Party deputy leadership election

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Candidates

Results

References